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Firfield Community School

1998 establishments in England2002 disestablishments in EnglandDefunct schools in Newcastle upon TyneEducational institutions disestablished in 2002Educational institutions established in 1998
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Blakelaw School geograph.org.uk 71887
Blakelaw School geograph.org.uk 71887

Firfield Community School was an 11 to 18 mixed, community secondary school in the Blakelaw ward of Newcastle upon Tyne, in the English county of Tyne and Wear. It received prominence in the media as the first school to relaunch under the Fresh Start programme; a government initiative where failing schools reopen with renovations and new names, staff and headteachers. Firfield reopened in September 1998, replacing the failed Blakelaw Comprehensive School, which had been considered by Channel 4 and the government to be "the worst school in Britain". The school closed in 2002 after a financial deficit and decline in student numbers.

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Firfield Community School
Elder Grive, Newcastle upon Tyne Blakelaw and North Fenham

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Elder Grive
NE5 3QX Newcastle upon Tyne, Blakelaw and North Fenham
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